Virgin Land Scheme introduced: encouraged the opening up of new areas to agricultural production
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Individual collectives given greater powers to make decisions at local level in an attempt to increase productivity
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Khrushchev set up 105 Regional Economic Councils to supervise enterprises
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Target for grain production in Kazakhstan failed to be met; first sign the VLS was failing. As a result, had to import grain from North America and Australia
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Working week reduced from 48 hours to 41
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Seven-Year Plan: there was a shift from using coal to oil and gas as it was cheap and available in large quantities
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Economic growth slowed
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Kosygin, the prime minister, launched a series of reforms
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9th Five-Year Plan: continued to push for greater consumer goods
